Pikeworks

Help test an app before it's out

Google won't put an Android app on the Play Store until twelve people have tested it for a fortnight. If you fancy giving one a go early, this is how.

Join the tester group first. It's open to anyone: join the group with the Google account you use on your Android phone, and most of the links below then work straight away. The ones marked "ask first" still use an older list, so for those, email hello@pikeworks.co.uk with that account and I'll add you.

What needs testers

• 
  Pagebench

  PDF tools that stay on your phone. It will cost £1.99 in the shop.

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  Beer Vault (ask first)

  A log of the beers you've tried.

• 
  Plant Vault (ask first)

  A garden journal for your phone.

• 
  Compute Capitalist (ask first)

  An idle game. Start at a soldering bench in a garage and build from there.

• 
  Bounce Billionaire

  A bouncing ball game about cracking bank vaults.

• 
  Undergloam

  A metroidvania for phones. It will cost £4.99 in the shop.

• 
  Clementine

  Split bills with friends.

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  Fish Vault

  A log of every fish you catch.

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  Book Vault

  A private log of the books you read.

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  Nuggie Vault

  A log of every chicken nugget you rate.

• 
  Meme Skies

  A one tap flyer with a crew of brainrot memes.

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  Fillo

  Cheap petrol and diesel near you.

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  Travel Vault

  Your travel map, flight log and fog of war.

What you'd be doing

1. Open the link on your Android phone, signed in to the account you joined the group with. It has to be that one.
2. Tap "Become a tester", then install the app from Google Play.
3. Have a proper go on it, and leave it installed for two weeks. That last part is what Google checks.
4. Tell me anything confusing, broken or annoying.

An app with a price costs testers the shop price too. There's nothing to sign up to beyond the Google account you already have. You can leave a test whenever you like, from the same link. An iPhone can't take part, because this is a Google Play test.